
4 Ways Preaching Can Boost Worship Attendance
…almost guarantee you will see an increase in worship attendance at your church. 2. Cut back on the lectionary and preach more topical sermons. Yes, following the lectionary has its…
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…almost guarantee you will see an increase in worship attendance at your church. 2. Cut back on the lectionary and preach more topical sermons. Yes, following the lectionary has its…
…a “low attendance Sunday” suddenly had the largest attendance of the summer, the pastors discovered the power of involving young people in the leadership of worship. Numbers and records represent…
…figured on attendance, membership, or number of donors) went up. Isn’t this good news? In the short term, yes. But for the long term, it is a frightening trend. As…
…9 Top Trends Impacting Church Leadership). These trends are: Changes in church attendance patterns including decreasing worship attendance across the theological spectrum and less frequent worship attendance among “regular attendees”…
…small discipleship group led to increasing frequency of worship attendance, the opposite — that increasing frequency in worship attendance leads to discipleship growth — was not always true. Therefore, we…
…we are not where we want to be, but so that we learn from our work what is good, bad, and neutral. Regular attendance was once considered a standard measure…
…trends and challenges. Do you feel barraged by the discouraging trends and challenging circumstances defining church life today? Aging clergy. Denominational struggles. Decreasing average worship attendance. Worrisome giving trends. The…
…United Methodist Church, the number of churches with fewer than 100 in attendance has increased each year. Likewise, the number of churches with 50 or fewer in worship increases each…
…the past. Many are more open to participating in a class, reading a book tied to a sermon series, or committing to attendance and other goals because it is Lent….
…Super Bowl parties. On Super Bowl weekend, the 5:00 p.m. Sunday worship attendance drops by as much as 70%. Many attend one of the other services, but many of the…
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